Early pleasure wheel in Russia, 1807

Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create fun and enjoyment.

Rides are often perceived by many as being scary or more dangerous than they actually are. This could be due to the design, having acrophobia, or from hearing about accidents involving rides that are similar.[1] For some, the adrenaline associated with riding amusement rides is part of the experience.[2]

They are common at most annual events such as fairs, traveling carnivals, and circuses around the world. Sometimes music festivals and concerts also host amusement park rides.

Types of rides

Specific themes

List of amusement rides

Year Name(s) Image Type Notes
1954 Ali Baba Pendulum ride The Ali Baba is a type of amusement ride consisting of a stationary horizontal gondola with a 360 degree swinging pendulum.
1961 Alpine slide
1948 Balloon Race
1965 Bayern Kurve
1952 Booster (Fabbri) Pendulum ride
1998 Booster (HUSS)
1985 Breakdance
1972 Bumper boats Water ride
1920s Bumper cars Dodgems
1700s Carousel Merry-Go-Round
1925 Caterpillar
1954 Cliffhanger
1984 Condor
2003 Disk'O
c.1910 Devil's wheel
1943 Double Shot Drop tower
1972 Enterprise
1992 Evolution
1893 Ferris wheel
1946 Fireball
1930s Flying Scooters
1953 Freak out Pendulum ride
1982 Freefall Drop tower
1994 Frisbee Pendulum ride
1954 Fun Slide
1983 Gravitron
1954 Gyro tower
Hayride
1905 Helter skelter
1940s Hurricane
1960s Infinity Pendulum ride
1950s Inversion Pendulum ride
1950s Jump and Smile
1984 Kamikaze Pendulum ride
1977 Kiddie ride
1963 Log flume Water ride
1982 Looping Starship Pendulum ride
1952 Loop Fighter Pendulum ride
1933 Loop-O-Plane
1933 Loop-the-Loop[5]
1929 Madhouse Dark ride
1926 Matterhorn
1930s Mechanical bull
1982 [6] Miami Trip Thrill ride
1977 Monster
1986 Motion simulator
1954 Music Express
1952 Octopus
1926 Old Mill Water ride
1968 Omnimover
1976 Orbiter
1957 Paratrooper
c.1893 Pirate Ship Pendulum ride
1999 Power Surge
1983 Rainbow
1981 Ranger Pendulum ride
1971 Red Baron
c.1978 Reverse bungee
1956 River caves Water ride
1980 River rapids ride Water ride
1978 Rockin' Tug
1948 Rock-O-Plane
1974 Rockstar Pendulum ride
1700s Roller coaster The roller coaster is an amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson obtained a patent regarding roller coasters on January 20, 1885, which were made out of wood, but this patent is considerably later than the "Russian mountains" described in the article.
2013 Rollglider The Rollglider is a type of a thrill amusement ride that has a steel pipe track designed with turns, dips and loops, using gravity-propelled trolleys to slide down the track.
1970s Roll-O-Plane
1940s Rotor
1940s Round Up
1938 Scrambler Flat ride
2004 Screamin' Swing Pendulum ride
1884 Shoot the Chute Water ride
2003 Sky Swatter
1992 Skycoaster
1965 Skydiver
1963 Skywheel The Skywheel is a ride that is essentially a double Ferris Wheel with each wheel attached on each end of a large boom that rotates on its axis causing the wheels to rise and fall while rotating independently as they rotate around the boom axis causing a gravitational thrill more spectacular than an normal Ferris Wheel. The ride was constructed by now defunct company Allan Herschell Company.[7]
1996 Space Shot Drop tower
2000 Speed Pendulum ride
1940s Star Flyer Swing ride
1955 Super Shot Drop tower
1996 Super Star
1960 Swing Around
1920s Swing boat Pendulum ride
1951 Tagada
1948 Teacups
1914 The Whip
1926 Tilt-A-Whirl
1996 Top Scan
1990 Top Spin
2002 Topple Tower Pendulum ride
1955 Tornado (Mondial)
1951 Tornado (Wisdom)
1944 Tow boat ride Water ride
1970s Troika
1940s Tumble Bug
1950s Turbo Drop Drop tower
1953 Twist
1978 UFO
1957 UltraMax
1933 Waltzer
1963 Wipeout
1968 Zipper

Literature

  • Florian Dering: Volksbelustigungen. Eine bildreiche Kulturgeschichte von den Fahr-, Belustigungs- und Geschicklichkeitsgeschäften der Schausteller vom achtzehnten Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Greno, Nördlingen 1986, ISBN 3-89190-005-8.
  • Karl Ruisinger: Kirmes Special. Karussells 1950er und 1960er Jahre (= Kirmes Special 1). Gemi Verlag, Reichertshausen 2005, ISBN 3-9808913-3-X.
  • Sacha-Roger Szabo: Rausch und Rummel. Attraktionen auf Jahrmärkten und in Vergnügungsparks. Eine soziologische Kulturgeschichte. transcript-Verlag, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-89942-566-9 (Zugleich: Freiburg, Univ., Diss., 2006).

References

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